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A blog about house refurbishing, my jewellery business, everyday life and my 2 cats.
Saturday 29 December 2012
Monday 26 November 2012
Hello all, I really must post more often, I mean too but you know how it is other stuff gets in the way!
So Christmas is almost upon us again, I don't know where this year has gone but its the best time to listen to the fantastic Christmas Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5eGJ9xocCQ written by The Summats Colin and Tony, you can follow them here @TheSummats.
Well The Killers gig was cancelled until Feb 2013 due to Mr Brandon Flowers getting a sore throat...not happy but hey what can you do. The Squeeze gig is on Saturday 1st Dec (fingers crossed lol) and I'm looking forward to it, should be a nice trip down memory lane. Also this Friday we are going to see a new band called Loor A Los Heroes at Friars Court in Warrington we've already heard an EP called Forever and really like their sound so Friday should be good.
We went to Cape Verde 31/10/12 to 7/11/2012 and I must say the hotel was lovely and the location of it couldn't have been better right on the beach the only thing that was wrong was we both suffered with a bit of Dehli belly for the last few days due to, we think, food being left uncovered.
Friday 12 October 2012
Moving and Stuff
Its been a long time people, so sorry for that but I've had my hands full trying to cram a 4 bed detached country house into a 2 bed semi detached bungalow. Oh well its done now but the garage is off limits until we have some permanent storage sorted.
We have returned to the place it all started as we weren't having much luck selling it from down in Kent, and the estate agents weren't helping much either. Thanks Bridgfords.
Anyway so far we have put a solid wood floor down throughout courtesy of www.ukflooringdirect.co.uk a new bathroom including tiling and floor, new doors to all rooms thanks to Simon Holme of www.phsnorthwestltd.co.uk and Craig Forshaw.
Its been painted the required Magnolia thanks to Ben from www.bcpainting.co.uk.
A new UPVC front door from www.neilcopelandwindows.co.uk who along with his brother Alan is constructing our conservatory next week, pictures to follow.
The family went to see The Fratellis at Leadmill, Sheffield last month and they were awesome and we all loved the venue and will definitely be going back but next time we will book a hotel as its a long drive back along the moors at night. Check out this blog http://thesummats.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/gigs-books.html .
Upcoming gigs are The Killers in Nov and Squeeze in Dec will let you know what I think.
Finally going on holiday for the first time this year to Cape Verde so will post a review of it when we get back. I'm not expecting it to be jam packed with things to do as its not that kind of place from what Ive read but looking forward to a date with a sunbed and book for a week :)
On that note I will say TTFN and Take Care
x x x
We have returned to the place it all started as we weren't having much luck selling it from down in Kent, and the estate agents weren't helping much either. Thanks Bridgfords.
Anyway so far we have put a solid wood floor down throughout courtesy of www.ukflooringdirect.co.uk a new bathroom including tiling and floor, new doors to all rooms thanks to Simon Holme of www.phsnorthwestltd.co.uk and Craig Forshaw.
Its been painted the required Magnolia thanks to Ben from www.bcpainting.co.uk.
A new UPVC front door from www.neilcopelandwindows.co.uk who along with his brother Alan is constructing our conservatory next week, pictures to follow.
The family went to see The Fratellis at Leadmill, Sheffield last month and they were awesome and we all loved the venue and will definitely be going back but next time we will book a hotel as its a long drive back along the moors at night. Check out this blog http://thesummats.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/gigs-books.html .
Upcoming gigs are The Killers in Nov and Squeeze in Dec will let you know what I think.
Finally going on holiday for the first time this year to Cape Verde so will post a review of it when we get back. I'm not expecting it to be jam packed with things to do as its not that kind of place from what Ive read but looking forward to a date with a sunbed and book for a week :)
On that note I will say TTFN and Take Care
x x x
Friday 8 June 2012
25% off in June.
Hello everyone, hope you are all well and happy :)
This weather is as unpredictable as ever, I hope we haven't already had our summer. My potatoes are coming on a treat, we had a sneaky try last weekend and they were very nice but they need a few more weeks to plump up a bit more. The salad leave are delicious and we have eaten all the radish.
I have been busy with the handmade jewellery for Lilyesque and if you check out the website you will see lots of earrings and Shamballa style bracelets at very affordable prices, way cheaper than many of the other ones available in Google Shopping. I am also running a promotion throughout June, 25% off with code BLOG2012 used at checkout so go on a bag yourself a bargain. This is a men's/ladies Shamballa style bracelet with union jack beads.
This weather is as unpredictable as ever, I hope we haven't already had our summer. My potatoes are coming on a treat, we had a sneaky try last weekend and they were very nice but they need a few more weeks to plump up a bit more. The salad leave are delicious and we have eaten all the radish.
I have been busy with the handmade jewellery for Lilyesque and if you check out the website you will see lots of earrings and Shamballa style bracelets at very affordable prices, way cheaper than many of the other ones available in Google Shopping. I am also running a promotion throughout June, 25% off with code BLOG2012 used at checkout so go on a bag yourself a bargain. This is a men's/ladies Shamballa style bracelet with union jack beads.
There are some beautiful Sterling Silver union jack earrings that will match with the bracelet above..
The European Championships are due to start this afternoon and I am looking forward to it, not sure how England are going to do but this time there doesn't seem to be any expectations so we might do well, who knows.
Off now to watch the football, GOOD LUCK ENGLAND and GOOD LUCK ANDY MURRAY at Wimbledon!!!!
Monday 9 April 2012
Sunday 8 April 2012
www.lilyesque.com
Here are some new handmade earrings that will be available on the website next week.
Pale pink pearl and rose crystal dangle earrings.
Purple and clear crystal dangle earrings.
Pink and clear crystal with breast cancer ribbon charm.
Red and silver foil lampwork glass beads with silver heart charm.
Purple and silver foil lampwork glass beads on silver chain.
Black bead and clear crystal with silver heart charm.
Blue and silver foil lampwork glass bead with silver heart charm.
Turquoise cracked beads with silver hand made charm.
Red glass and white pearl beads with silver heart charm.
Here are some new handmade earrings that will be available on the website next week.
Tuesday 3 April 2012
OOh la la
Hello to you all and I hope you are all well. I can't believe we are at the beginning of April all ready this year is going so fast. This weather we are having is amazing for March/April.
We have recently bought and erected a greenhouse and are hoping to be able to provide most of our vegetables this summer. We have dug over the veg plots in the garden and planted potatoes, peas, beans onions, swede, broccoli, radish and spinach, and that's just outside. In the greenhouse we have tomato's, aubergines, various herbs, cucumbers, chilli's, peppers, cauliflower plus many more. I think we are going to have a different relationship with the squirrels as they do like to dig in the soil burying and uncovering their nuts. I do enjoy walking down the garden in the morning with my cup of coffee to have a look at what has made an appearance since the day before. I get more like my mum everyday :)
Our house up north is For Sale http://www.primelocation.com/uk-property-for-sale/details/id/QHGB9939323/ we had lots of happy years there and it is a lovely house on a very quiet cul-de-sac. At the back it overlooks a farmers field and has very pleasant views.
The bread machine is still going great and I will be making hot crossed buns this week in time for Easter, so I will let you know which recipe I use and how they turn out.
I now have added some tiepins and cuff links to www.lilyesque.com and they are going very well.
The sheep that used to live in the field next to us were taken away by the farmer a couple of weeks ago and I haven't seen them since :(
It was our 26th wedding anniversary on March 1st and we went for a meal at a restaurant called 1thirtysix on Ashford Rd http://www.1thirtysix.co.uk/ The setting is lovely, it looks like a country pub set back a little way from the road. Once inside though its a very classy restaurant that is bigger on the inside than it looks. I must say it was the best Asian meal I have had in a very long time, it was absolutely delicious. I would definitely recommend them and they do take-away too, superb!!
Whilst we were driving to the restaurant we spotted an antiques shop next to a garden centre and made a point of going the day after. the shop is great, really big with loads of stuff to browse around, we've already bought quite a few things and I can't wait to go back. The garden centre is Greenways, Ashford Rd, Ashford TN26 3LF and the shop is just off to the side.
We went on a booze run last week to Belgium, we haven't done it before but decided that we would be silly not to take advantage of living so close to the channel to nip across and stock up on some lovely wines and beers. So we booked the P&O ferry and left Dover at about 10.30am, 1.5hrs later we were in Calais. Getting on and off the ferry was very efficient and took no time, the whole thing was great, £84.00 return for the car and 2 people.
Belgium, well Bruges was very nice we had 2 days and 2 nights and I think that's enough to see everything. We stayed at Bonobo Apart Hotel, http://www.bonobo.be/. We had a lovely meal on Thursday at De Vlaamsche Pot www.devlaamschepot.be with some very nice Cabernet Sauvignon called Grandiose, delicious! Found a lovely beer pub on Wednesday afternoon called Beer Wall, there are many glass cabinets along the wall leading up to the pub with hundreds of Belgian beers in them, http://www.touristeye.com/Beer-Wall-Bruges-p-17205. I had a delicious red beer called Kriek and its a cherry flavoured at 3% so lovely for in the garden on a summers day ( a word of warning to the guys its looks a bit girly because its pinky red). We drove back on Friday morning and stopped at a place called Addinkerke for beers and then drove to Calais to a warehouse called The Calais Wine Superstore website www.calaiswine.co.uk where we got some fantastic bargains in both red and white. So looking forward to some lovely sunny weekends when my sun downers that became a regular Sunday afternoon habit, can continue again :)
That's all for now people, look forward to speaking next time x
TTFN
Mandy, www.lilyesque.com
We have recently bought and erected a greenhouse and are hoping to be able to provide most of our vegetables this summer. We have dug over the veg plots in the garden and planted potatoes, peas, beans onions, swede, broccoli, radish and spinach, and that's just outside. In the greenhouse we have tomato's, aubergines, various herbs, cucumbers, chilli's, peppers, cauliflower plus many more. I think we are going to have a different relationship with the squirrels as they do like to dig in the soil burying and uncovering their nuts. I do enjoy walking down the garden in the morning with my cup of coffee to have a look at what has made an appearance since the day before. I get more like my mum everyday :)
Our house up north is For Sale http://www.primelocation.com/uk-property-for-sale/details/id/QHGB9939323/ we had lots of happy years there and it is a lovely house on a very quiet cul-de-sac. At the back it overlooks a farmers field and has very pleasant views.
The bread machine is still going great and I will be making hot crossed buns this week in time for Easter, so I will let you know which recipe I use and how they turn out.
I now have added some tiepins and cuff links to www.lilyesque.com and they are going very well.
The sheep that used to live in the field next to us were taken away by the farmer a couple of weeks ago and I haven't seen them since :(
It was our 26th wedding anniversary on March 1st and we went for a meal at a restaurant called 1thirtysix on Ashford Rd http://www.1thirtysix.co.uk/ The setting is lovely, it looks like a country pub set back a little way from the road. Once inside though its a very classy restaurant that is bigger on the inside than it looks. I must say it was the best Asian meal I have had in a very long time, it was absolutely delicious. I would definitely recommend them and they do take-away too, superb!!
Whilst we were driving to the restaurant we spotted an antiques shop next to a garden centre and made a point of going the day after. the shop is great, really big with loads of stuff to browse around, we've already bought quite a few things and I can't wait to go back. The garden centre is Greenways, Ashford Rd, Ashford TN26 3LF and the shop is just off to the side.
We went on a booze run last week to Belgium, we haven't done it before but decided that we would be silly not to take advantage of living so close to the channel to nip across and stock up on some lovely wines and beers. So we booked the P&O ferry and left Dover at about 10.30am, 1.5hrs later we were in Calais. Getting on and off the ferry was very efficient and took no time, the whole thing was great, £84.00 return for the car and 2 people.
Belgium, well Bruges was very nice we had 2 days and 2 nights and I think that's enough to see everything. We stayed at Bonobo Apart Hotel, http://www.bonobo.be/. We had a lovely meal on Thursday at De Vlaamsche Pot www.devlaamschepot.be with some very nice Cabernet Sauvignon called Grandiose, delicious! Found a lovely beer pub on Wednesday afternoon called Beer Wall, there are many glass cabinets along the wall leading up to the pub with hundreds of Belgian beers in them, http://www.touristeye.com/Beer-Wall-Bruges-p-17205. I had a delicious red beer called Kriek and its a cherry flavoured at 3% so lovely for in the garden on a summers day ( a word of warning to the guys its looks a bit girly because its pinky red). We drove back on Friday morning and stopped at a place called Addinkerke for beers and then drove to Calais to a warehouse called The Calais Wine Superstore website www.calaiswine.co.uk where we got some fantastic bargains in both red and white. So looking forward to some lovely sunny weekends when my sun downers that became a regular Sunday afternoon habit, can continue again :)
That's all for now people, look forward to speaking next time x
TTFN
Mandy, www.lilyesque.com
Wednesday 25 January 2012
2012, The Year of LILYESQUE
Well, long time no write...!!
Firstly I must say Happy New Year to you all and I hope you all had a lovely Christmas :). We had a great time and all survived the shopping and the festivities :). The Christmas Tree was one of the worst I have ever had, millions of needles all over the floor every morning and on the day when I took it down this was what was left behind...
I was lucky enough to get a smartphone for Christmas from my wonderful husband, it's the Sony ericsson Xperia Ray and I love it, I can even upload my blog from it just incase I get the urge to blog and I'm not near my laptop!
We have put the house up for sale http://www.bridgfords.co.uk/buy/search/WA3%203EJ and are hoping it goes quickly as we don't want to lose out on this one.
Our garden foxes (Freddie and Basil, I don't need to explain do I?) have not been strangers over the last weeks and it still gives me a thrill to see them through the window and its extra exciting when I get to see them in the flesh so to speak. I saw them both in the garden a couple of nights ago and Basil was limping, I hope its not a bad injury, I will keep you informed and put more pictures on when I have taken some more.
One of our squirrels seems to think he is a bird
but I suppose in this weather its every squirrel for himself :)
We had another visitor yesterday and I would like your help in detemining what kind of bird it is....
I've nicknamed him Kes but I'm not sure if it's a Kestrel, let me know :)
www.lilyesque.com has lots more products on the website so please go and take a look and it's FREE SHIPPING until the end of January 2012, which is great timing for Valentine's Day. I think I'm being stalked on the website, someone from London keeps going on and searching for pink adjustable ring, please just buy it!!! http://www.lilyesque.com/index.aspx?pageid=837028&chainID=89631&txtQuickSearch=pink+ring
It was my birthday last week and we went, as a family to a lovely Italian Restaurant in Ashford called Trattoria Romana, lovely staff, just the right size and very nice atmosphere.
Disaster struck just before Christmas as my bread maker that I bought in Australia broke and as it was Australian I didn't think there was much point trying to get it fixed. So I treated myself to the Panasonic SD-2051 and I am thrilled with it, its far better than my previous one. The bread is lighter even the granary bread is light and fluffy, it makes lovely jam too. I would definitely recommend it.
We have a job to do this weekend, the pump in the fishpond has given up the ghost so we have to take it apart and see if it can be fixed, I will let you know how we get on but my guess is it will cost us a new one....thats just our luck.
Right time to go and check if my website stalker has had another look for "pink adjustable ring" ... YES I have 4 at £3.99 each...buy one !!! LOL
TTFN and Take Care
x x x
I was lucky enough to get a smartphone for Christmas from my wonderful husband, it's the Sony ericsson Xperia Ray and I love it, I can even upload my blog from it just incase I get the urge to blog and I'm not near my laptop!
We have put the house up for sale http://www.bridgfords.co.uk/buy/search/WA3%203EJ and are hoping it goes quickly as we don't want to lose out on this one.
Our garden foxes (Freddie and Basil, I don't need to explain do I?) have not been strangers over the last weeks and it still gives me a thrill to see them through the window and its extra exciting when I get to see them in the flesh so to speak. I saw them both in the garden a couple of nights ago and Basil was limping, I hope its not a bad injury, I will keep you informed and put more pictures on when I have taken some more.
One of our squirrels seems to think he is a bird
but I suppose in this weather its every squirrel for himself :)
We had another visitor yesterday and I would like your help in detemining what kind of bird it is....
www.lilyesque.com has lots more products on the website so please go and take a look and it's FREE SHIPPING until the end of January 2012, which is great timing for Valentine's Day. I think I'm being stalked on the website, someone from London keeps going on and searching for pink adjustable ring, please just buy it!!! http://www.lilyesque.com/index.aspx?pageid=837028&chainID=89631&txtQuickSearch=pink+ring
It was my birthday last week and we went, as a family to a lovely Italian Restaurant in Ashford called Trattoria Romana, lovely staff, just the right size and very nice atmosphere.
Disaster struck just before Christmas as my bread maker that I bought in Australia broke and as it was Australian I didn't think there was much point trying to get it fixed. So I treated myself to the Panasonic SD-2051 and I am thrilled with it, its far better than my previous one. The bread is lighter even the granary bread is light and fluffy, it makes lovely jam too. I would definitely recommend it.
We have a job to do this weekend, the pump in the fishpond has given up the ghost so we have to take it apart and see if it can be fixed, I will let you know how we get on but my guess is it will cost us a new one....thats just our luck.
Right time to go and check if my website stalker has had another look for "pink adjustable ring" ... YES I have 4 at £3.99 each...buy one !!! LOL
TTFN and Take Care
x x x
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